| Show amer can league notes link lowe is evidently with de troit to sta the new york club has released pitcher elmer bliss comisk has turned catcher claude brry over to the savannah club altrock the boston castoff cast off is pitching winning ball for comiskey s white sox duke farrell is happy these days he is in fine shape and is holding his end up to the limit dick padden was the first american league played to be suspended by president ban johnson nick altrock Is surely the goods this season he seems to have ev grything ery thing a good left hander ought to possess detroit critics say that pitcher rhoades is a ringer in action for the once great mccormick of cleve land ed greminger with the boston na last year now with detroit is playing the game of his career at third pitcher ed killian who was allowed A go last fall by manager armour at the end of the season is pitching won darful ball for detroit harry davis Is playing swell ball on first tor connie mack and he played errorless ball up to the game when he was marked with one mis the old catcher bob woods who ot back into major league company this year on the detroit team is play ing slick ball behind the bat tor bar rows bob lowe is putting up a fine game at second for detroit it looks as if more than one club made a mistake in not signing this clever er whose batting has been a big factor in the success of the new york giants when he was tree to go where he pleased joe corbett the clever pitcher of the st louis nationals gives it as his opinion that billy keeler formerly ot the brooklynn Brook lyns and now with the new york americans is the greatest hitter the game has ever known in the delehanty damage suit at wetland ont before judge antton the jury on may 6 granted a verdict of 3 damages to the widow of the famous baseball player edward delehanty and 2 to the daughter against the michigan central rail way faulkner claimed by detro t has pitched and won a game tor ro cheater and the detroit club has re dewed its protest against rochester playing the man faulkner was signed by frank dwyer at woonsocket R I 1 in he quit the detroit team at the railroad station in boston national league new this is tenney s tenth year with tho boston nationals boston has released outfielder joe stanley tor light hitting the st louis club has waived all claims to Ic fielder simmy murch bob emslie is in his fifteenth year as umpire victim of the cont v habit pitcher frank killen has applied to president pulliam for a place on the umpire staff pitcher leever was the first na player to be suspended this sason by president pulliam ned hanlon may not have a cham pion team but he has his men plang baseball all the time nichols is trying to have kelly take one of th many catchers st lou s has under contract off his hands dillon the brooklyn s new first baseman has secured one or mora hits in every game he has played si ce loining the team manager nichols declares that it is still to early to think of bitting down ahli team he is carry arg twenty one men five of whom are catchers byers the ne v catcher is as broad from aery rear elevation as bill et slow movement fame peitz Is sy ph like in comparison president hart of the chicago club announces ana ounces tuat he will carry six pit chere this year he has that num her i ader contract now virgil garvin fell from grace at philadelphia and has been indefinitely suspended by manager hanlon re dy wert on the western trip instead of ga tin manager mcgraw enters an em denial to the report stat there is dissatisfaction in the ranks of the giants everything is running smooth ly he say ho was with colens three years ago and last year with the ind anapolis team has won the three games he has pitched for cincin nati alis season the list of cities in which jack donje has played irabor league ball now includes cleveland new york washington baltimore chicago brooklyn Bio oklyn and philadelphia accord ng to joe kelley the ma dional league s interpretation of the balk rule tends to lengthen games lt them lengthen few persons ob eject to a two hour game it it is a good game fred clarke says he Is not fretting nearly as much over pittsburg s al lebed pitching weakness as are the writers all over the circuit if clarke does not borr why need others bothers amer can assoc at on news manager kelly of the saints is out looking for additional players s has secured infielder leon De from the minneapolis club outfielder hub knoll released from kansas city s reservation has signed with toledo jaci son is a tower of strength to the st paul club he is a natural hitter and a great fielder joe cantillon is certainly pulling for the brewers he wears a uniform when the team plays and is a regular coacher the louisville club has loaned catcher lyons to the clarksdale miss club and has sent charley dex ter behind the bat manager cantillon of milwaukee Is to take a delegation of players with him to the pacific slope next fall every man on the minneapolis team can run yards in less than 11 seconds says manager watkins except the battery men the milwaukee club has colsum mated the deal for catcher orlando wolfe of the boston americans mil walkee waukee now has five of ted williams texas players in dark bateman pen nell mckay and wolfe ted says they are all coming stars the greatest satisfaction is ex pressed among the st paul fans over the showing of manager kelley s men so tar this season they have won a majority of the games played and this is considered a remarkable achievement for a team opening the season away from home president of louisville has purchased all the tarpaulin that he could secure in louisville with it he will cover nearly the entire infield in eluding all the base lines thus keeping this section so dry that nothing but a continuous rain all the afternoon can prevent a game central league gossip evansville has signed short stop mike jacobs late of the denver team powers the fort wayne team a new outfielder is a good man fields well and hits well in hoit hammond and gehring manager of dayton has three of the beat pitchers in the league manager of dayton has se cured mike peer formerly of the cm annati team to captain and play third base connor the dayton first baseman certainly is the making of a star and n ith one more season s experience will be sure to land in fast company south bend has one of the fastest and scrappiest teams in the central league and the team that beats them out will certainly finish first pres dent mautner of fort wayne has claimed short stop linsey who was with fort wayne last season but has been doing sensational playing this year for terre haute western W nn owings ed kenna the poet pitcher is pitch ing fine ball tor denver the st joseph club has released pitchers howie and gum it Is be 1 eved that gum will become a good pitcher with more experience in some email league |
